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The auction house Sotheby's recently sold a 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible for $38 million in New York. It is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts and brought the second-most highest price at auction for a historical document. The 26-pound book, whose five-inch stack of parchment contains 396 pages, sold following a five-minute battle between
NEW YORK (AP) A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday.